Josue Mercado, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · San Juan, PR
Josue Mercado, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1427095041, issued on Jun 1, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 8845, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Josue Mercado
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 8845 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Ashford Medical Center, San Juan, PR 00907
- Phone
- (787) 724-3507
- Enumerated
- Jun 1, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at Ashford Medical Center
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Raul Franceschi, MDOphthalmology Physician1770558595
- Marcos Santiago Hernandez, MDSpecialist1619080389
Verify Josue Mercado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 8845Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
3,351 Medicare Part D claims for 363 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,149 among the 19,556 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium283 claims
- Losartan Potassium245 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate241 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate225 claims
- Synthroid103 claims
- Eliquis101 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $224.72
6 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.. The 16,209 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,923.81 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 215 cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico.
Other cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico
- Jose Acevedo-Valles, MDSan Juan, PR1215933916
- Gerardo Alayon Anta, M.D.Ponce, PR1508855644
- Edwin Alejandro, MDBayamon, PR1649343369
- Angel Arroyo, MDRio Piedras, PR1609970060
- Victor Arroyo, MDCarolina, PR1093902520
- Eric Aviles, M.D.Cayey, PR1093818924
- Ivan Ayala, M.D.San Juan, PR1952345944
- Carlos Ayala Rodriguez, MDHumacao, PR1174087878
- Julio Baez Suarez, M.D.Caguas, PR1700826344
- Gilberto Baez-Rios, M.D.Mayaguez, PR1487628210
Common questions
What is Josue Mercado, MD's NPI number?
Josue Mercado, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427095041, issued on Jun 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Josue Mercado, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Ashford Medical Center, San Juan, PR, 00907. Phone: (787) 724-3507. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Josue Mercado, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 8845, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Josue Mercado, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Josue Mercado, MD had 3,351 Medicare Part D claims for 363 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,149. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.